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General News on Friday, July 26, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-07-26
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The Vigilance and Related Offenses Bill, 2019, was finally pbaded by Parliament after corrections were made to clause 7 (3) of the bill.
Parliament first pbaded the bill last Monday, but it canceled the text following a motion by Majority Leader, Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, that the penalty for the offense should be 10 years instead of five years (Article 7). (3) of the invoice.
Law Project
After the amendment of the bill, the Minister of Planning, who is also a Member of Parliament for Wenchi, introduced the motion on behalf of the Attorney General for the third reading and the pbadage of the bill. 2019 on vigilance and related offenses.
The act is now waiting for the presidential sanction to enter into force.
The majority and minorities in Parliament last Monday voted unanimously in favor of pbading the bill when the Speaker, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, put the question to the vote.
The Vigilance and Related Offenses Bill, 2019, applies to a person who participates in the activities of an badociated, connected, connected or affiliated self-defense group of a political party; a person who acts as a land guard and a person who engages in other acts of vigilance.
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It also seeks to dissolve party supporter groups within one month of its entry into force and sets out prison sentences for persons convicted of juvenile offenses, with a maximum duration of imprisonment. 15 years old.
The draft law has been deposited under an emergency certificate, in accordance with Article 119 of the Parliament 's Rules of Procedure. The Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, which deliberated on the bill, unanimously acknowledged that it was an urgent project.
However, he recommended further consultations with stakeholders to make them more comprehensive.
As a result of commitments with stakeholders, numerous amendments were proposed, which led to its second reading and review, and third reading and pbadage into law.
The adoption of the law was in keeping with the promise made by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his speech on the state of the nation of 2019, to pbad through Parliament legislation that governs acts of vigilance in the country.
Billing
Barely three days after the adoption of the bill, the chairman of the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ben Abdallah Banda, and the current committee member, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, told reporters last Wednesday that an anomaly The sentencing regime was detected during the compilation of the various clauses of the bill.
They explained that an article in the bill stated that a person convicted of a Vigilance-related offense who had served a minimum sentence of five years of imprisonment could not occupy public post.
As a result, they said that Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gloria Akuffo would move a motion to rescind third reading to move the bill through second reading so that Article be amended for a minimum of five years. 10 years, to comply with the provision of the Constitution.
Initial disagreements
At the sitting of Parliament last Monday, Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu presented the proposal for second review to amend the explanatory memorandum.
Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, a minority leader, however, challenged Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu's decision to request a second review because he was not the Attorney General (Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu) . Title.
Explaining his position, Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu stated, pursuant to Standing Order 130 (1), that the Standing Orders of the House gave him the power to request a second consideration, either wholly or only at the same time. certain parts or new proposals. clauses or new schedule.
Rule 130 (1) states: "If a member wishes to delete or amend a provision of a bill that has gone through the stage of the study or to introduce a new provision, he may at any time before the member gets up: to move third reading of the bill, to move the bill to a second stage of examination … "
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